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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

July 9, 2016Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2016, 6:30 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2016, 6:30 PM MDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2016, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3243 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.3

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 9, 6:07 PM MDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 6:07 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 2:54 PM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
354 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-102100-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
354 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016 /254 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE
AND WIND GUST TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR KEYA PAHA AND BOYD COUNTY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND
AGAIN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS
UNCERTAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)

ROBERG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
509 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NEZ022-023-035-100000-
GARDEN NE-GRANT NE-ARTHUR NE-
509 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ARTHUR...EAST CENTRAL GARDEN...
NORTHWESTERN KEITH AND SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM
MDT...

AT 508 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES NORTHEAST OF LEWELLEN...OR 16 MILES WEST OF ARTHUR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARTHUR...JENSEN LAKE...BOURQUIM HILL...HAYTHORN LAKE...
VELMA AND MCKEAG.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 134.
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 169.

LAT...LON 4189 10193 4150 10148 4139 10195 4140 10205
      4138 10206 4158 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 219DEG 23KT 4151 10201

SNIVELY/POWER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:59 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
559 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NEZ023-035-100045-
GRANT NE-ARTHUR NE-
559 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ARTHUR...EASTERN
GARDEN AND SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT...

AT 559 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES WEST OF ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARTHUR...JENSEN LAKE...HAYTHORN LAKE AND VELMA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 148.
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 168.

LAT...LON 4189 10176 4155 10159 4151 10195 4160 10199
      4174 10198 4175 10201
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 248DEG 9KT 4159 10193

SNIVELY/POWER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:02 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
602 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NEZ094-100030-
WESTERN CHERRY NE-
602 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM MDT...

AT 601 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LAKE...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORDON...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND SHADBOLT ROAD...
HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER AND INDIAN HILL.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 201 AND 209.

LAT...LON 4251 10168 4268 10177 4281 10149 4257 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 248DEG 15KT 4263 10165

SNIVELY/POWER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:30 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry28 min
Jul 10, 3:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden39 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.